1. GROUP V
Presentation on Agrarian Crisis and Agricultural Crisis-Issues and Solutions

2. Participating States Karnataka (Group Leader) Kerala Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Tripura
Sikkim
Rajasthan
Bihar
Tamil Nadu

3. Factors related to Agrarian Crisis
Climate change/Natural Calamities
Declining share of Agriculture in GDP
Large proportion of small and Marginal Holdings
Limited access to irrigation

4. Factors related to Agrarian Crisis
Higher indebtness of farmers as compared to their income
Limited access to institutional Credit
Borrowings from money lenders leading to harassment

5. Factors related to Agrarian Crisis
Crop failure and low crop yield
Price fluctuation and non renumerative prices
Failure of investments such as Borewells
Socio-economic factors-Rising expenditure on social consumption and Health
Loss of Livestock due to diseases
Increasing Tenancy and Tenancy cost

6. Solutions Easy and affordable credit access
Reduce harassment of Farmers by Private Money lenders
Infrastructure support
Risk mitigation through Crop Insurance/Market Intervention
Farmer Producers Organisation/Joint liability Groups/SHGs

7. Solutions Crop Counselling and awareness creation
Linking land value while sanctioning bank loan for Agriculture
Financial Counselling
Diversification of Livelihood activities

8. Solutions Drought proofing through Watershed Management
Shift in focus from production to Post Harvest Management (Emphasis on Cold storage/Warehouses)
Encouraging Entrepruenership among agri graduates (Agriclinics and Agribusiness)

9. Initiatives by Government of India
Reduce cost of cultivation to ensure renumerative returns (SHC/PKVY/NCU/PMKSY)
Encouraging sustainable Agriculture (NFSM/MIDH/NMOOP/NMAET)
Bonus of Rs. 200 per quintal in case of Pulses over and above MSP
Enhancement of Input Subsidy (under NDRF) for crop loss

10. Initiatives by State Government
Karnataka
Krishi Bhagya
Custom Hiring Service Centres (Krishi Yanthradhare)
Special Package for Ragi and Jowar
Contingency Crop Plan upto sub block level
Enhanced Subsidy to SC/ST on all inputs

11. Krishi Bhagya
Harvesting of rain water, storage, lifting and efficient use of scarce water and promoting high value crops including pulse and coarse cereals
17768 farm ponds completed
Scheme is being implemented in the form of package. The components are farm pond, diesel pumpset micro irrigation, poly house , cropping system and animal husbandary

12. Custom Hire Centers KRISHI YANTHRA DHARE
Established of 183 Custom Hire Centers at sub-block levels to provide farm equipments to facilitate timely field operations during with a budget of 63 crores.
Rs Crores is the budget allocation for to establish 278 centres

13. Initiatives by State Governments
Tamil Nadu
Crop specific package
Input Management
Weather Proofing
Kerala
Package for Kuttanad wetland ecosystem
Uttar Pradesh
Special package for Drought Mitigation in Bundelkand region

14. Initiatives by State Governments
Maharashtra
Vidarbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programme
West Bengal
Weather Resilient Agriculture and Organic Cultivation

15. Thank You